THE TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES
"The Elements"
INTRODUCTION
Roxann Shannon returned as president of the nation for another year, as did Head Gamemaker Vance Calhoun. The games of the previous year had been a massive hit in the Capitol; the audience adored every aspect of it, particularly the arena. This gave them a window into what Vance was capable of creating, and many recognized his true artistic eye. As such, Vance's return as Head Gamemaker was celebrated throughout the Capitol.
The careers this year were some of the best that the academy had ever seen; they had trained extra hard with hopes of bringing home the crown after a 'weakling' victory the year prior. District 1, as usual, produced a gorgeous pair of tributes that were talented left, right, and center. Their male was a wizard with the dagger, and he made the sponsors line up and down the block. Their female, however, was the one that really stole the show. She was knockout gorgeous girl, and her impeccable skill with the axe and bow helped her to climb the hierarchy of tributes with ease. She was the de facto leader of the careers, and rightly so. She had the highest odds of winning, with six to one odds of taking home the crown. District 2's tributes were focused much less on looks than they were on getting down to business. The District 2 male was impeccably skilled with blades, especially ones that were curved. "When they're curved, something about them just makes them feel like an extension of my arm," he reported to the master of ceremonies, Caligula Flickerman, in his interview. The District 2 female was not very skilled with weaponry, but she was a dangerously intelligent girl in her attitude, personality, and disobedience. She really was a rebel: not in the revolution kind of way but in the teenager kind of way. It is strongly believed that she would not have earned a ten in training if not for the flirtatious stunt she pulled with one of the top gamemakers immediately following her private session. District 4 produced the least stellar showing of the trio. Their boy was the oldest tribute in the games, at eighteen years and three hundred-forty days old. He was most talented with the trident and harpoon, but was also satisfactory with most blades. The other half of the District 4 team, the District 4 girl, earned the lowest score of the pack. She only scored an eight. Outside of the career districts, the scores were rather average.
Besides the careers, Theodore from 7 earned a nine by displaying his showmanship with the hatchet. Four eights were earned by Aviva from 7, Rebecca from 9, Sal from 10, and Bennett from 11. Two sevens were earned by Lenard from 9 and Ashleigh from 10. The rest of the tributes scored between six and two in their private sessions. There were two volunteers outside of the careers. The first was Nydia Prezkscop of District 5, who volunteered into the games for her twelve year-old niece. The second was Weston Berryman of District 8, who volunteered "out of sheer curiosity" he alleged in his interview. Here are the tributes:
District 1: Bastion Marcillo, 18, (10) 8-1 and Evianna Bauer, 18, (10) 6-1
District 2: Julian Bretscher, 16, (10) 7-1 and Mallory Rundlett, 15, (10) 9-1
District 3: Talix Caligor, 17, (4) 26-1 and Dayta Albrand, 18, (5) 19-1
District 4: Islay Meller, 18, (9) 8-1 and Oxna Rankine, 16, (8) 10-1
District 5: Menelik Tabler, 16, (4) 29-1 and Nydia Prezkscop, 15, (3) 73-1
District 6: Caden Alcantar, 14, (2) 93-1 and Viatrix Wiltse, 16, (3) 59-1
District 7: Theodore Lockhorst, 18, (9) 11-1 and Aviva Pisani, 16, (8) 14-1
District 8: Weston Berryman, 13, (2) 103-1 and Lindy Lyon, 14, (3) 71-1
District 9: Lenard Hutchison, 17, (7) 18-1 and Rebecca Cushman, 17, (8) 15-1
District 10: Sal Brumfield, 16, (8) 14-1 and Ashleigh Gagnon, 16, (7) 19-1
District 11: Bennett Vance, 18, (8) 14-1 and Serafina Seaton, 12, (4) 121-1
District 12: Carlos Rafferty, 14, (4) 60-1 and Carmella Manuel, 16, (6) 20-1
THE GAMES
The arena that Vance designed for the twenty-fourth annual Hunger Games was a true, stunning majesty of a place. The arena was a large circle with a radius of approximately ten miles. Two heavy lines were drawn in the ground. One of them ran north to south, splitting the arena vertically into two halves. The other line ran from east to west, splitting the arena horizontally into two halves. This divided the entire circle into four slices. Each of the slices represented one of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. The first segment represented the element of earth. It was a large forest, with birch trees reaching so high that their tops disappeared into the sky. The ground of the earth sector was covered with magnificent green grass that rose up to the tribute's knees and brushed against their calves in the most satisfying way. This part of the arena was filled with fruit. Everything from pink to orange to black fruits hung from trees, some safe to eat and some poisonous. The wildlife of the place was rich in diversity. The main animals were the deer, squirrels, and rabbits that roamed the area munching on leaves and such. The second sector represented air. It was a completely open field of wheat, with sharp and swift winds that bit into the tribute's skin and made fingers of ice run down their spines. At night, this area would drop to below freezing. However, anyone brave enough to venture into the area would be treated with the most important commodity of all: water. In a far-off corner of the air sector was a large lake, its surface sparkling like polished glass in the round, gem of the sun overhead. It was filled with leaping fish, delicious and safe to eat. The water was crystal clear and felt almost invigorating to drink. The third sector represented fire, and it was perhaps the most menacing of the sectors. It was a series of islands suspended above an endless ocean of bubbling lava. The islands were connected by metal bridges. It looked extremely dangerous, and it was. One false step and a tribute would be sent tumbling into the lava with zero chance of survival. However, anyone who dared to reach the end of the huge obstacle course would be able to take control of the sniper tower that lay at its far end. Having this would be a huge advantage for any tribute. The fourth and final segment represented the final element, water. It was a huge ocean sprinkled with islands. Some were rich in resources, and some had none. The water was safe to swim in, but it was absolutely disgusting to the taste. It was not poisonous at all, but it contained tons of salt that would make any tribute that tried to drink it even thirstier. The four sectors of the arena clashed at the cornucopia, where the huge mass of ivory towered above the clearing where the two-dozen pedestals modestly sat. The field in front of the cornucopia was largely filled with survival materials such as food and water. The further toward the cornucopia one traveled the better supplies they could find. The inside of the cornucopia was where the weapons were.
The tributes frantically looked around as they rose up into the arena atop their pedestals in an attempt to take in their surroundings. Their worlds were a mash of the salty spray from the ocean, the constant heat pulsating from the lava, the songs of the birds radiating from the forest, and the biting wind from the wheat field. The cornucopia towered above them, a mass of ivory that was bursting at the seams with water and medicine and everything else that would bring them life in the arena. Some of the tributes were absolutely petrified. Some cried. Yet, some cracked their knuckles. The countdown above them reached zero. 3, 2, 1. Their ears rang with the sound of the gong. The bloodbath of the twenty-fourth Hunger Games would be, simply put, an all-out massacre. Fifteen lives would be claimed in the bloodbath. The twenty-fourth Hunger Games broke the record for most bloodbath deaths, a record previously held by the bloodbath of the seventh Hunger Games in which fourteen kills were made.
The careers immediately assembled themselves, surging forward and setting their eyes on the bounty of weapons that lay in front of them. Evianna was ahead of all the others by a significant amount, bolstered not only by adrenaline but by the sight of the axe that lay in the grass forty yards from her pedestal. Without slowing down, Evianna bent down and locked her dexterous fingers around the weapon in one graceful movement. She began to slow down, scanning the field for prey before hurling the axe through the air. It flipped end over end before burying itself perfectly into the skull of a nearby boy, sending his knees buckling and his body weight slumping like a stone onto the ground. Evianna ran over to his side to rip the axe out of his head as the bloodbath began in earnest.
Carlos Rafferty, District 12 Male: 24th, Killed by Evianna, Bloodbath
Bastion, another fast runner, was quick on his feet when he spotted a pair of twin cutlasses bound together on the ground in front of him. Bastion ran over to retrieve them, breaking the rubber band that held them together and then brandishing one in each hand. He spotted the brunette merchant girl from District 12 attempting to worm her way past him. Bastion surged forth and made his first blow, slashing one of his cutlasses across the girl's chest. She screamed as she fell to the ground, but Bastion was not done yet. The rest of the girl's death was quick work, and she was in ribbons by the time that he was done.
Carmella Manuel, District 12 Female: 23rd, Killed by Bastion, Bloodbath
Mallory panned her eyes across the bounty of weapons at the cornucopia, looking for a knife. She began to panic. The knife was her best weapon, and without it her kills would be substantially less entertaining for the audience (and for the sponsors). Mallory sighed with relief when she spotted one lodged between two crates inside of the cornucopia. Mallory ran over to where the blade sat, wrapping her eager fingers around the leather sheath. She darted out of the cornucopia, only to find herself face-to-face with one of the outer district tributes. Mallory shot her hand forward, planting the knife into her chest as she dropped to the dewy ground with a thump.
Ashleigh Gagnon, District 10 Female: 22nd, Killed by Mallory, Bloodbath
Evianna was pumped with thrill after making the first kill of the games, and she was determined to make another. Searching for prey wasn't any work at all; the instant she turned around she found herself less than five yards from a boy with a laughably low training score. Evianna threw the serrated edge of her axe into the sinewy boy's shoulder. He didn't have time to react at all before plummeting to the ground in death.
Weston Berryman, District 8 Male: 21st, Killed by Evianna, Bloodbath
At this point, Viatrix from 6 was having a panic attack. She was crumpled up in a pathetic heap on the ground, crying and screaming and completely lost in the chaos of the bloodbath. She was easy prey for a smirking Julian, and his machete cut into her back.
Viatrix Wiltse, District 6 Female: 20th, Killed by Julian, Bloodbath
When Oxna spotted two girls walk into the cornucopia, she developed a plan. Oxna called for her district partner, Islay. The two District 4 tributes ran toward the cornucopia's yawning mouth, trapping the two girl's inside. "I get 7, you get 11!" Oxna yelled to Islay, telling him which one of the petrified girls to kill. The two were killed in rapid succession, and the two careers shared a high-five after finishing the job.
Aviva Pisani, District 7 Female: 19th, Killed by Oxna, Bloodbath
Serafina Seaton, District 11 Female: 18th, Killed by Islay, Bloodbath
Being the District 3 girl that she was, Dayta grinned when she spotted an electric taser laying on a countertop inside of the cornucopia. Dayta had had lots of experience with using tasers, as her father was a retired peacekeeper and told his daughter some of what he knew from his time in Panem's military force. Dayta ran over to pick up the weapon. She whipped her head around to find herself face-to-face with Mallory. Mallory smirked delicately as she raised her knife into the air, ready to deliver the blow that would end Dayta's life. Panicked Dayta fumbled around for her electric gun. She flicked the switch, and a faint hum of life sounded from the machine. Dayta placed the metal onto unsuspecting Mallory's neck. The powerful electric circuit coursed through Mallory's entire body. The instant that Dayta flicked off the switch of her taser gun, Mallory dropped to the ground with a thump. Dayta quickly pillaged Mallory of her knife.
Mallory Rundlett, District 2 Female: 17th, Killed by Dayta, Bloodbath
Sal from 10 had managed to pick up a bow and arrow out of the cornucopia. When Sal spotted unsuspecting Islay mere yards from him, the opportunity was too sweet to resist. Sal nocked an arrow into his bow and pulled back the bowstring. Islay whipped his head around just as the sharp tip of the arrow entered his side. All it took was another arrow to the head to polish him off.
Islay Meller, District 4 Male: 16th, Killed by Sal, Bloodbath
Bastion and Evianna both spotted the stocky boy from District 11 at the exact same moment. In synchronization, Evianna hurled her axe toward the boy and Bastion unleashed the force of his two twin cutlasses. The weapons assaulted either side of his body, and he fell to the ground the moment before the two careers barreled toward him to rip their respective weapons out of his corpse.
Bennett Vance, District 11 Male: 15th, Killed by Bastion and Evianna, Bloodbath
Being from District 7, Theodore was very skilled with the axe. He was in business the moment that he spotted a throwing axe sitting on a shelf in the cornucopia. Theodore raced over toward the weapon, locking his fingers around its wooden handle. Theodore tossed the axe through the air, allotting it time to sink into the torso of a nearby girl. She fell to the ground instantly; letting out an empty moan as she slowly died from the grievous wound he had been dealt. Theodore couldn't bear to see a human in so much pain; he ripped his weapon out of the girl's side and walked away, letting time do the rest. Then, Evianna stumbled upon the girl's nearly dead form and finished her off by cutting her axe into her torso. The poor girl was mere seconds away from death from blood loss and barely felt it.
Rebecca Cushman, District 9 Female: 14th, Killed by Theodore and Evianna, Bloodbath
Julian grinned slyly when he opened a crate inside of the cornucopia and found an outer district boy hiding inside with hopes of waiting out the bloodbath and coming out once it was all over. He had no such luck, and Julian plunged his machete into his throat. He moaned and gurgled, going limp as blood pooled up in his mouth. He could not survive the wound, and he died within a minute.
Caden Alcantar, District 6 Male: 13th, Killed by Julian, Bloodbath
Bastion was at war with himself when he spotted two different outer district tributes: one to his left and one to his right. Which tribute did he go for? The tribute on his left was a rather weak boy that would be harmless to his victory. The tribute to his right was even weaker, but showed good nature survival skills and so could be problematic to the careers at a later time. Bastion decided to go in for the kill upon the girl to his right, decapitating her in one clean slice.
Nydia Prezkscop, District 5 Female: 12th, Killed by Bastion, Bloodbath
Immediately after killing Nydia, Bastion claimed the life of the other tribute. His sword cleaved apart his tiny frame.
Talix Caligor, District 3 Male: 11th, Killed by Bastion, Bloodbath
This had been the longest bloodbath in Hunger Games history. Lasting almost forty minutes, it was now drawing to its close. Evianna made the last kill, slamming her axe into the calf of a weak and sinewy girl. She instantaneously fell to the ground, and Evianna finished her off by delivering a blow to her abdomen.
Lindy Lyon, District 8 Female: 10th, Killed by Evianna, Bloodbath
Fifteen kills broke the record for most bloodbath deaths. Vance was extremely satisfied with fifteen bloodbath kills. It almost seemed to be 'making up' for the fact that the bloodbath of the year prior saw only nine deaths. With the bloodbath at its close, the nine remaining tributes spread out across the vast arena. The fractured career pack of Bastion, Evianna, Julian, and Oxna stayed at the cornucopia. Evianna immediately took charge, and rightly so; she had made the most kills, earned the highest percent of sponsors, and scored the highest odds of winning. Even though it was Evianna's main concern ordering around the others, she did a lot of work herself as well. Julian and Oxna were sent out to hunt for any stray tributes, but they found none. Meanwhile, Evianna and Bastion stayed at the cornucopia. Bastion arranged the career's sleeping quarters whilst Eviana organized the supplies.
Out of the five outer district tributes remaining, three headed for the earth sector of the arena. Perhaps the natural scene was much more attractive than those of the other three sectors. The three tributes were Menelik from 5, Lenard from 9, and Sal from 10. Sal was the fastest runner of the trio; his legs had endured hard work back home in District 10, thereby making them very strong and of great endurance. Sal was the first to reach the edge of the arena, doing so roughly two hours after the bloodbath had drawn to its close. Once Sal had travelled for about an hour and a half, he began constantly throwing bits of stone ahead of him with hopes of finding the force field. It took him a long time to find the force field. But, about half an hour later, Sal threw a rock at the force field that immediately shot back and hit him in the forehead. After rubbing his forehead and grunting with pain, Sal settled down mere yards from the force field. After setting up his camp for the night, he went out on a search for food. His first order of business was to make a basket, which he masterfully crafted from reeds that were growing on the side of a small pond close to his camp. He collected his food in the basket, and by the end of the day he had a diverse assortment of berries and other fruit in the basket. He fell asleep that night leaned against a tree. Lenard was just behind Sal in terms of his speed. About three-quarters of the way to the force field, he began to feel extreme fatigue. Within ten minutes, the exhaustion was so extreme that he crumpled to the ground. He muttered something about having to keep going. He stood back up, waved back and forth, and then plopped to the ground once more. He could not fight it. Sleep would come to him within seconds if he let it. Using the last ounces of his strength, Lenard lugged his exhausted self into an area heavy with leaves and sticks. He immediately collapsed, falling asleep with a great view of the twinkling stars overhead. Of the three tributes, Menelik was by far the slowest. It was almost three in the morning, and he was halfway to the force field. He mumbled something about needing a good night's sleep for the difficult day ahead. Menelik strayed from the path and sat down under a tall willow tree that would provide him shade if the temperature should ever turn extreme. Menelik plopped down to the ground and unzipped the backpack he had managed to snag from the cornucopia. Paranoid, he minimized the zipping sound by unzipping the pack as slowly as possible. Inside was an empty water canteen, a knife, and a packet of rubber bands. Not too shabby.
Only one tribute ventured into the air sector: Dayta from 3. Despite lacking in some other areas, Dayta had lightning-fast feet and determination that was as strong as titanium. In about two and a half hours, Dayta had reached the edge of the arena. She plopped down in a ditch that was possibly dug by a mole or other mammal. That was a good sign. It meant that there would be animals in that place. Animals meant food. Once Dayta was nice and cozy in the ditch, she began riffling through the things she had salvaged from the bloodbath. A packet of dried fruit. A canteen of water. And, most importantly, her taser. Dayta was satisfied with what she had gotten from the cornucopia. She tried to stay awake and organize her things. But, she couldn't fight the urge. Her eyelids sagged as she fell asleep, and a dark wave rolled over her as she tumbled into a dark well.
One tribute travelled to the water sector of the arena: Theodore from 7. Luckily, he had managed to snag an inflatable raft from the cornucopia. Theodore stood at the shore of the beach. He tore open the packaging of the raft and read the instructions for inflation. It took him almost half an hour to fully inflate, and by the time he was done his vision was filled with black spots. Theodore dropped the raft into the ocean. He lifted his foot up to step into it when a gust of stray wind from the air sector sent the raft floating away at an alarmingly fast rate. Theodore yelped with panic as he ran to grab the raft. But, it was already too far away. He stepped in the water and began wading toward it. Still, too far away. He began swimming through the cool water toward the raft when all of his supplies began floating out of his open backpack. Cursing, Theodore grabbed all of the items that had floated away. He looked back at the raft. It was merely a speck on the horizon. Theodore clapped his hands over his mouth and screamed as loud as possible in order to vent his fury. Theodore had almost nothing. The raft had flown away. All of the supplies from his backpack had floated away. He had nothing left but the throwing axe that was strapped to his back. Theodore lied down under a rock shelf that night to sleep. The night was cold and long, and his sleep consisted of dozens of very short and scattered wake-ups.
The Capitol was more surprised than they should have been that not a single tribute ventured out into the fire sector of the arena. It was very dangerous, after all. The comforting darkness of the forest and the tall wheat of the field were certainly much more inviting than the bubbling pool of lava and the rocky islands. The morning of Day 2 arrived after what was a very long night for many of the tributes. The careers began hunting immediately, splitting up and searching around the arena for their prey. Each career was assigned one sector to comb through. Before even starting, Oxna requested the water sector. She was from District 4, after all. The other three tributes were assigned these sectors: earth for Evianna, fire for Bastion, and Air for Julian.
It was around noon that day when the careers made their first kill. Oxna was patrolling the water sector when she heard a snore coming from under a nearby shelf of rock. There it was again. Oxna treaded over to find Theodore contentedly snoozing away. Oxna shoved her trident into Theodore's sleeping form, and he died before he even woke up.
Theodore Lockhorst, District 7 Male: 9th, Killed by Oxna, Day 2
That left the final eight: Bastion Marcillo from District 1, Evianna Bauer from District 1, Julian Bretscher from District 2, Dayta Albrand from District 3, Oxna Rankine from District 4, Menelik Tabler from District 5, Lenard Huchison from District 9, and Sal Brumfield from District 10.
Day 3 passed, empty of conflict. On Day 4, Julian was patrolling the air sector of the arena when he heard a small yelp of surprise from behind him. He whipped his head around and saw a pair of eyes staring back at him. Dayta's eyes. Grinning Julian immediately lunged at Dayta, but she scampered away. It was difficult for him to see her through the wheat, but Julian was never far behind the panicked girl. Eventually, he caught up to her. Daya lifted her leg into the air and, with all of the strength she could muster up, kicked Julian's machete out of his hand. It spiraled away before disappearing over the tips of the golden wheat. Without showing a single expression, Dayta flicked her taser to life. She placed the metal tips onto Julian's neck, and he immediately began thrashing around and contorting into strange positions. After his cannon shot sounded, Dayta promptly flicked the taser off with hopes of conserving its battery power for later.
Julian Bretscher, District 2 Male: 8th, Killed by Dayta, Day 4
On Day 5, all three of the careers decided to head toward the fire sector of the arena. They were intrigued by the floating stone islands, and sometimes human curiosity is the most unstoppable force of all. The three careers spent the whole day traversing the network of islands, running across the bridges and travelling towards the dark tower in the distance. They were just shy of halfway to it when the gamemakers caused the islands to begin shaking. At first, it was a faint tremor that they dismissed as their imaginations. But, within half an hour, the islands were vibrating back and forth so fast that the careers had to bury their fingers into the dirt ground to prevent from being thrown off. The relentless gamemakers wouldn't stop until one death happened. It was a battle of strength between the trio of tributes; they all had to be stronger than the weakest person. About ten minutes later, Oxna just couldn't take it anymore. She screamed as she was thrown off of the island, plummeting down into the boing lava below.
Oxna Rankine, District 4 Female: 7th, Shaking Islands and Lava, Day 5
Two deaths occurred within ten minutes of each other on Day 6. The first death was from Menelik, who fell prey to dehydration two days after his water supply ran out.
Menelik Tabler, District 5 Male: 6th, Dehydration, Day 6
The second death occurred merely nine and a half minutes after the first. Lenard was so weak and so hopeless from dehydration that he decided to commit suicide to escape the pain. Lenard searched for a good rock before finding a very sharp one. Sitting down in the place that he wanted to die in, he drew a heavy line from his wrist all the way down his right arm. He repeated the same for his left arm. Blood immediately poured from the sliced-open limbs, and within an hour he had died from blood loss.
Lenard Huchison, District 9 Male: 5th, Suicide, Day 6
It was around nine o'clock p.m. on Day 7 when Bastion and Evianna finally reached the sniper tower. They threw open the front entrance and walked inside, plugging their noses to drown out the moldy smell. The District 1 duo climbed the wooden spiral staircase. They reached the very top of it and emerged out onto the sniper station. Bows and arrows were mounted on each station, with a window and stool on each one so that they could see their enemies. Bastion and Evianna discussed their strategies for a bit before walking over to pull back the bowstrings and waiting.
It was about two hours later when Dayta and Sal, the only surviving tributes other than the careers, both ran onto the lava islands at the same time and began making their way toward the sniper tower. They both had plans for victory, and had made a truce that they would not kill each other, only work together to kill the careers. Sal planned to destroy the foundations of the tower so that it would collapse and the careers would die. Dayta planned to light the tower on fire so that the careers would burn to death.
The careers began firing at the two forms that they saw. However, they were such fast runners that the careers could never hit them. Sal and Dayta both reached the tower at the same time and began working on their plans. Solomon took out the saw he had crafted and began destroying the foundations of the wooden tower. Dayta sat down cross-legged on the ground and build a bow to start a fire. She ripped of whatever bits of spare wood she could find from around her to nurture the growing flame, and within two minutes it was a roaring inferno almost two feet high. She had to be quick with her plan, or else the careers would run down and face her and all would be over. She began nudging the flaming logs toward the base of the tower, and it quickly caught fire. All she had to do was wait. Admittedly, she had to scatter some wood around the perimeter of the tower in order to do any sort of damage. But, the dry wood was extremely flammable. A bit later and the base of the building was caught up in a white-hot fire.
When Bastion and Evianna noticed that the tower was on fire, they dropped their weapons and raced down the spiral staircase to the ground. Nails popped under them like gunfire as the staircase collapsed behind them. Then, in a scene that lasted about ten seconds, Dayta's fire had reached the most critical foundations of the building. At this point, Dayta knew that her plan was falling in to place and so she had time to place distance between herself and the soon-to-collapse tower. The entire tower collapsed to the ground with a sound so loud that it left a ringing in Dayta's ears. Bastion, Sal, and Evianna were crushed to death, in that order.
Bastion Marcillo, District 1 Male: 4th, Killed by Dayta and Sal, Day 7
Sal Brumfield, District 10 Male: 3rd, Killed by Dayta and Himself, Day 7
Evianna Bauer, District 1 Female: 2nd, Killed by Dayta and Sal, Day 7
"Dayta Albrand of District 3, you are the victor of the twenty-fourth Hunger Games!" Vance proclaimed uproariously, accompanied by a symphony of trumpets to congratulate their newest victor.
Dayta removed her arm from over her face. She could not believe it. She was the only remaining tribute in the arena. She suppressed a smile as she climbed into the hovercraft that would carry her away to the technological district that she loved.
AFTERMATH
District 3 was relieved to finally have their third victor, seeing as it had been nearly two decades since their last one. The Capitol thought that Dayta was smart, funny, and charismatic. She was a great addition to the nation's beloved lineup of victors, and many had a gut feeling that she would not be forgotten for a very long time.
Dayta's victory tour went well. It had a futuristic and technology theme, the way she liked it.
Dayta moved into the Victor's Village of District 3, the third victor to do so.
Dayta would live to the age of ninety-five, succumbing to diabetes around the time of the one-hundred first annual Hunger Games. In her lifetime, she would marry and have one daughter. However, her marriage with her first husband would dissolve. Two years after their divorce, she would marry another man with whom she would have two children and stay married to until his untimely death from heart failure a few decades later.
NEWS
Dayta moves into the Victor's Village of District 3, the third victor to do so.
Amelia Spangler marries her fiancée after four years of courtship, a man named Bruce Pamela.
LIST OF VICTORS
1HG: Cordin Frey (#1, District 3)
2HG: Sapphire Waber (#1, District 1)
3HG: Molly Toliday (#1, District 4)
4HG: Amelia Spangler (#1, District 2)
5HG: Misty Sablone (#1, District 12)
6HG: Olivia Seager (#2, District 2)
7HG: Flux Stafford (#2, District 3)
8HG: Brandi Coyne (#2, District 1)
9HG: Isaac Crandall (#1, District 5)
10HG: Velvet Farrow (#3, District 1)
11HG: Mags Flanagan (#2, District 4)
12HG: Slate Ogston (#3, District 2)
13HG: Woof Dozier (#1, District 8)
14HG: Blaze Skalnik (#4, District 2)
15HG: Dina Wilmarth (#2, District 5)
16HG: Beatrice Toland (#1, District 6)
17HG: Amelia Bankston (#5, District 2)
18HG: Markus Gardd (#2, District 6)
19HG: Odius Ruttler (#6, District 2)
20HG: Seeder Kaiser (#1, District 11)
21HG: Freya Digard (#7, District 2)
22HG: Gold Carson (#4, District 1)
23HG: Ashlyn Breston (#3, District 6)
24HG: Dayta Albrand (#3, District 3)
